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H. F. BYERLY.

Wheel-Cultivator. 4 No. 54,854, @Pand'lvray 22, 1866.

N- PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPMEH. WASHINGTON. D CV H. F. BYERLY, 0F CLINTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ISRAEL CAMPBELL.

EMPROVEIVIENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BYERLY, of Clinton, in the county of De Witt and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gultivators 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a plan.v Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a rear view ofa part otl the axle.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

The object or" my invention is to construct a cultivator of the kind carried on wheels, with a view to simplicity of construction, durability, lightness of draft, and ease ot' operation.

AA are wheels, on which is mounted the axle B B. Said wheels are of a sufficient height to carry the axle above the tops of the young corn. To the center of the axle is attached the draft-pole C, which extends a sufticient distance in the rear thereof to allow the drivers seat D to be secured to it. Said seat may be arranged so as to be moved backward or forward, so that the cultivator may be balanced by a driver ot' any weight, so as to 'relieve the team from carrying any great weight on their necks.

E E are bars vparallel with the pole, the rea'r ends of which are connected to the axle near the naves of the wheels. Said bars are con nected at their front ends to the cross-bar F, which is secured to the pole and extends a suflicient distance on each side thereof to al low the whietrees to be attached thereto. Between the pole G and the bars E E are suspended the plows.

The front ends of the horizontal beams G G are attached to the crossbar F by means ot' swivels, clevises, or any other means that will admit of a rotary motion ofthe beams. It may be so arranged that the swivels or clevises may be attached to the barF at any point between the pole and the bars E E, so as to turn the plows either in or out. The rear ends ot` the said beams are attachedto the standards or up rights H, only 011e of which is shown in the drawings. To the lower ends ot' said standards are firmly secured the plows I, one of which is shown in Fig. 2. On the rear part of each of the standards H, above the point of connection part of Letters Patent No. 54,554, dated May 22, 1866.

with the beams, are attached one ot' which is shown at c, Fig. 2. Said journals play in perpendicular slots in the pendants b b, allowing the standards to reciprocate up and down. Said pendants are secured to the front of the axle by the bolts is k, which pass through horizontal slots or mortises therein. (Shown at 'i t", Figs. l and 2.) By means of said slots the distance between the pendants may be varied. Near the upper ends of the standards H are slots, (shown at g, Fig. 2,) in which are placed the ends of an adjustable bar, one end ot' which is shown on Fig. 2 at s. Said bar is somewhatsmaller than the slots in which it is placed, and is retained in place by means of keys or pins which will admit of a rocking motion ofthe bar. This bar is furnished at intervals with key-holes, by which means the distance between the standards may be regulated. Thus by means of said bar, in combination with the be adjusted to any required distance apart, or they may be brought close together.

The handles K are attached to the horizontal beams at c, and to the upper ends of the standards at d, and by moving them to the right or to the left the line of the furrows may be changed at the will of the driver.

On the bars E E is placed the roller L, on the ends ot which are journals which are placed in journal-boxes c c on said bars. To said roller, by means of hooks,the chains 7i are attached, which descend and are attached to the horizontal beams Gr Gr, by which means the depth ofthe fur-rows may be regulated by increasing or diminishing the distance between the roller and the beams. To the center ot' the roller L is att-ached the lever f, which, in its natural position, rests horizontally on the draft-pole, as shown in Fig. 2. To the end of said lever the chain M or its equivalent is attached, which extends back and is attached to a hook on the drivers seat. By means of said chain the driver may raise the lever f, and thus withdraw the plows from the ground when turning at the end ot' the rows, or whenever it is desired to do so in order to clear obstructions, Sac.

This cultivator is equally adapted to the use of shovel or bar plows, a-nd when bar-plows journals or pivots,

are used they may be arranged so as to throw pendants b b, the plows may What I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sliding bolts 7c 7c, slots i t', and pendants 1) b, combined and operated substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The rolleiI L, lever j', and chains M and h, combined and operated substantially as and for the purpose ,set forth.

HENRY F. BYERLY.

Witnesses: f

JOSEPH J. KELLY, THOMAS SNELL. 

